Usually means: Dissatisfied and detached from authority.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word disaffected:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. disaffected: Merriam-Webster
  2. disaffected: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disaffected: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. disaffected: Collins English Dictionary
  5. disaffected: Vocabulary.com
  6. Disaffected, disaffected: Wordnik
  7. disaffected: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. disaffected: Wiktionary
  9. disaffected: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Disaffected, disaffected: Dictionary.com
  11. disaffected: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. disaffected: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Disaffected (album), Disaffected: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Disaffected: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. disaffected: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. disaffected: Rhymezone
  17. Disaffected: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. disaffected: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. disaffected: FreeDictionary.org
  20. disaffected: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. disaffected: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. disaffected: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. disaffected: Legal dictionary

(Note: See disaffect as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal; malcontent.
adjective:  (obsolete) Affected with disease.

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